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had to deal with the emergency call. The occupant of the house, 31-year-old Mrs
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Carisbrooke House multi storey council flats, that were built in the 1960s on the north-east of the estate. However, these flats were demolished in 2001 in a controlled explosion, one of many tower blocks in the
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Carrington Road having contributed to a fall in speed-related accidents.
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supermarket now stands on the site. Most of the estate's shops around
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